Theatre Review of Wyrd Sisters by journalist Daniel Mumby.
ONE of the great pleasures of watching amateur dramatics is getting to see a group develop and refine its craft over a string of productions. While faces occasionally change and the chosen material often greatly varies, there is always the feeling of incremental progress, raising a bar that has already been set very high.
I felt this way when I sat in the Broadclyst Victory Hall last Friday evening, watching the village's theatre group tackle Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters with affection and aplomb. Having...
One night is already sold out, so hurry if you want to see Broadclyst Theatre Group’s comedy play, Wyrd Sisters – 13-15 August.
Wyrd Sisters is the sixth of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels and, adapted by Stephen Briggs, it is arguably one of the funniest.
Friday 14 August is sold out but there are still tickets left for Thursday 13 and Saturday 15 – available from Broadclyst Post Office, Choccie Bar in Gandy Street, Exeter, or online: www.ticketsource.co.uk/broadclyst
The play takes place at Victory Hall, Broadclyst, and starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are £9 and £6....
Romance blossomed when Willy Wonka met Witch, Granny Weatherwax on the Cathedral Green.
The drama happened as witches, a baddie, a warrior and a ghostly king were enjoying a spot of sighting around the city, posing outside the romantic House that Moved and the atmospheric Stepcote Hill, before arriving in the calm oasis of the Cathedral Green.
But wait, who’s causing a commotion? Racing down the hill was a large group of Oompa Loompas, with Willy Wonka leading the charge!
On spying something to jump over (boys!) the Oompa Loompas took it in turns to leap over the...
Witches, a ghost and a baddie, from Terry Pratchett’s comedy play seized power for a day at the historic Exeter Guildhall.
They stormed the building, daring to sit in the Guildhall’s seats of high office, proclaiming all must see their production of Wyrd Sisters at Broadclyst Victory Hall.
Onlookers said they hadn’t seen anything like it since the Poll Tax Pasty Riot of 1990, when protestors threw pasties from the Guildhall’s public gallery, during a council meeting discussing the controversial tax.
The play’s baddie Duke Felmet, sat in the Lord Mayor’s seat of...
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